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Government Shutdown Deepens Hunger Crisis

Government Shutdown Deepens Hunger Crisis

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
A month into the government shutdown, The Community Hope Center began to notice different faces at its regular food distribution in Gaithersburg, Maryland. In an average month, the center serves around 4,000 households in partnership with the city. This month, people who hadn’t needed to visit its food pantry since the COVID-19 pandemic returned, and Read more... The post Government Shutdown Deepens Hunger Crisis appeared first on Christianity Today.